Clothespin



CLOTHESPIN Filed April 10, 1954 ZZmoreL. .247Z6Z7'QWS INVENTOR ATTOR N EYS Patented Oct. 29, 1935 UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHESPIN Elmore L. Andrews, Lake Charles, La.

Application April 10, 1934, Serial No. 719,962

' 1 Claim. (01. 24-139) This invention relates to clothes pins, and its general object is to provide a clothes pin that is formed from a single strand of wire bent to provide cooperating spring pressed jaws capable of securing all articles of material whether it be frail, such as silk or the like, or coarse material, such as heavy garments, blankets and the like to all types of clothes lines and against the action of high winds with equal efficiency and without fear of casual removal.

Another object of the invention is to provide a one piece clothes pin that can be permanently hung on the line but can be easily removed therefrom, is rust proof, cannot damage the clothes or injure the person handling the same, will have a tendency to prevent wrinkles and creases in the clothes, is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely efiicient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the clothes pin that forms the subject matter of the present invention applied to a clothes line.

Figure 2 is a view of one side of the pin.

Figure 3 is a front view thereof.

Figure 4 is a view of the opposite side.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be noted that my clothes pin is formed from a single strand of wire that is rust proof, and includes a pair of cooperating clamping jaws slightly spaced from each other. Each jaw is provided by looping the wire upon itself as at I to form spaced parallel arms 2 and 3 for the jaw 4 and similar arms 5 and 6 for the jaw l, the latter being relatively longer than the jaw 4, and each of the jaws at their outer or looped ends are outwardly flared with respect to each other, as clearly shown in Figures 2 and i, to facilitate the easy application of the pin to clothes lines of various thicknesses as will be apparent.

The arm 3 merges into a coil 8, while the arm 5 merges into a coil 9. These coils are of course provided to set up a resilient action to urge the jaws toward each other, and are arranged in spaced parallel relation with respect to each other as best shown in Figure 3. The coils are connected by a bridging piece Ill that is substantially horizontal, and the coils receive the upper end portions of the arms 2 and 6, these end portions being disposed between the coils and engaging the inner faces thereof, in a manner which will be presently described and, so that the latter guard the ends against damaging the material to be 5 hung on the line or injuring the person handling the pin. The end portions of the arms 2 and 6 likewise provide the terminals for the strand of wire from which the pin is made, .and it will be noted that these end portions which are indicated 10 by reference numerals II and I2 respectively are bent inwardly and upwardly for disposal out of alignment with their arms to provide seats for the coils to prevent displacement of the end portions from the coils as will be apparent and thence are 15 bent outwardly and upwardly for substantial vertical disposal.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will be obvious that I have provided a clothes pin that is formed from a single 10 strand of resilient rust proof wire, that includes cooperating jaws that are not only held in cooperative relation due to the inherent resiliency of the wire, but the coils 8 and 9 add to the resilient action of the wire and consequently the pin 25 is capable of securing material of all kinds to a clothes line. The pin can be easily and expeditiously associated with the material in securing the latter to the line, and the pin may be permanently hung on the line but of course can be 80 removed therefrom with very little effort as will be apparent upon inspection of Figure 1.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent. 35

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope'of the appended claim. 40

What I claim is:

A clothes pin formed from a single strand of resilient rust proof wire and including a pair of cooperating jaws formed from spaced parallel arms, said jaws having outwardly flared free ends 45 and one jaw being longer than the other, a coil for each jaw for urging the jaws toward each other, each jaw including a pair of spaced parallel arms, one arm of each pair merging into its coil, the other arms of the jaws terminating in end portions bent inwardly and upwardly to engage the coils for providing seats therefor and thence bent outwardly and upwardly for substantial vertical disposal between the coils to be guarded thereby, and a substantial horizontal bridging piece connecting the coils together.

ELMORE L. ANDREWS. 

